They also recovered more than “1,000 rounds of ammunition” from the home.

Newmarket police prosecutor Michael Dicroce argued that the presence of guns, coupled with the fact that Croall was arrested last week for threatening three of his neighbors, made him a threat to the community.

Croall was already being held on $25,000 cash bail after being arrested last week on multiple charges for allegedly tagging several street signs with racist graffiti.

In addition to the new charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, Croall was also charged with possession of a narcotic drug and possession of a controlled drug, for allegedly possessing marijuana and oxycodone.

Croall lives in a residential neighborhood about a quarter-mile from Newmarket Elementary School.

An affidavit filed in Brentwood District Court in connection with last week's arrest of Croall said the suspect referred to Trayvon Martin by a racial slur in one of his taggings, and described George Zimmerman as a “hero.”

Zimmerman was recently cleared of murder charges in connection with the 17-year-old's death in a case that attracted national headlines and seemed to split many Americans along racial lines.

Croall was charged last week with one felony count of criminal mischief, two misdemeanor counts of criminal threatening and one misdemeanor count of theft by unauthorized taking.Croall was convicted of reckless conduct on Aug. 29, 2012, in connection with a November 2011 incident in the parking lot of a Seabrook bar, when he threatened to “shoot up” the place and fired a round from his gun into the air because he thought someone had stolen his car radio.

It turned out, according to police reports at the time, that Croall had gotten into the wrong car.

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